Anthony Ruggiano

Anthony "Fat Andy" Ruggiano (1927-March 1999) was a caporegime in the Gambino crime family.

Biography
Anthony Ruggiano was born in Ozone Park, Queens, New York City in 1927, and he joined the Gambino crime family under Albert Anastasia during the 1950s. During the 1960s, he opened his own cafe that would become a hangout for Gambino mobsters, and he became a caporegime under Paul Castellano during the 1970s. Ruggiano operated quietly in Florida during the 1980s until 1985, when Castellano was murdered and succeeded by John Gotti. Ruggiano became a fugitive as the result of a police crackdown, and he ran with the Hells Angels biker gang for two years before being arrested by the police for racketeering. He served 13 years in prison, and he died in Ozone Park in 1999.